(Re)immersing himself in body building, David Nicolas Parel endeavours to follow his younger brother as he trains for the Arnold Classic – Arnold, from the famous Austrian/American actor and politician. Convinced he is the one who inspired this passion, he worries about the risks this sport has on his brother’s health and aspires to strengthen their now strained bond. A film on the edge.

Tracing the emigrations of his family over more than half a century, this riveting documentary epic ...

A well-preserved mammoth carcass is found in the remote New Siberian Islands in the Arctic Ocean, op...

An intimate portrayal of the everyday lives of Carthusian monks of the Grande Chartreuse, high in th...

Zurich-born Hugo Koblet was the first international cycling star of the post-war period. He was a st...

At the far end of the Alaskan peninsula, for filmmaker Roman Droux a childhood dream comes true. He ...

The story of three Turkish men. They all grew up in Switzerland and all got deported after various c...

She was a muse, model and performer – a star, dazzling and intense. Lady Shiva managed to rise from ...

It is winter at an emergency shelter for the homeless in Lausanne. Every night at the door of this l...

This documentary follows Swiss improvisation musicians and tells their stories.
This film deals with the issue of mandatory military service in Switzerland. For four months, from F...

The first film about second-generation Swiss immigrants: A Turkish ice hockey player explains why, i...

This documentary offers a complex portrait of Hollman Morris, the Colombian war journalist whose mul...

A documentary. David Sieveking takes the advice of his idol, David Lynch and tries out Maharishi Mah...

Filmmakers Nicolaus Humbert and Werner Penzel examine the nature of nomadic existence in this docume...

Above and Below is a rough and rhythmic roller coaster ride seating five survivors in their daily hu...

The personal stories of the people from all around the world waiting for a decision in an asylum-see...

On the way through a world of sounds and noise – with Manfred Eicher, the oustanding discoverer and ...

The film follows five professional photographers in Los Angeles, Latin America, Paris, Berlin and Sw...